Welt for footwear.



, J. G, GERBER. WELT FOR FOOTWEAR.

APPLICATION FILLED APR. 29, 1913.

Patented Nov 11, 1913.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 11, 1913.

Application filed April 29, 1913. Serial No. 764,335.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, JOHN G. GERBER, of

Rochester, in the county ofMonroeand State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Welts, for Footwear, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and shown in the accompanying drawings.

lhe present foot wear and an'object of the same is to provide a construction which is adapted to bend or turn about the shoe'or boot without producing any bulging portions and, at the same time, to provide an unbroken edge.

To these and other ends the invention consists in certain arts and combinations of parts all of' which will be hereinafter described, the novel features being pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings: Figure 1 shows a strip of leather from which the welt strips are cut; Fig. 2 shows the two strips after they have been cut; Fig.3 is a'section onthe line (Z- -LZ Fig. 2; Fig. 4: shows the welt bent or turned, Figs. 5 and 6 are enlarged views of opposite sides of one of the tongues; and Fig. 7 is an enlarged view of an'edge of one of the tongues.

According to the present of leather 1 or other suitable material of uniform width is preferably provided and is cut on the line 2, Fig. 1, by any suitable means so as to provide the two strips 3 shown in Fig. 2. Each of the strips 3 has overlapping tongues along one, edge. These tongues are of novel construction. and permit the strip to be bent or turned to conform to the contour of the shoe or boot sole. Each tongue has its outer edge 4, narrower than its base, formed between the points 5 and 6.' One side edge 7 of-this tongue is y parallel with the edge 9 perpendicular to the length of the welt, while the other side edge8 is arranged at an oblique angle to the length of the welt s0 that-the side edges converge. One face of the tongue is provided with a beveled surface 9 which extends from the base of the tongue to the outer edge 4 thereof and is 7 being as wide as the edge 4 is long. The other face of the tongue is beveled tion extends from the base of the tongue, is parallel with thcside edge 8 and is substantiall as wide asthe outer edge a is long. Wltlfl this arrangeedge is provided along invention relates to welts for ends of each outer edge 4. overlap slightly invention, a strip at 10 and'this beveled por outer edge 4 to the,

ment, both the beveled portions meet at the edge 4: making a knife or feather edge of the latter and causingthe tongue to gradually increase in thickness from said edge to the base. With a welt of this construction, when the latter is straightened out, a straight the adjacent beveled on opposite that .the welt may tongues, yet each tongue is sides in such a manner be folded or bent to cause the-tongues to overlap to a greater extent without producing any bulging. It is apparent that, during the bending, the tongues will overlap to a greater extent near their free ends and this overlapping decreases toward the bases of the tongues. It is for this reason that it is advantageous to have the thickness of the tongues decrease toward their fiee ends so that all bulging will be eliminated, thus doing away with the grinding away of the bulged portions. What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

15A welt strip ing from one edge thereof, said tongues decreasing in width toward their free ends and having opposite faces beveled posite edges and the beveled faces of each tongue overlapping the opposed beveled faces of proximate tongues to the free ends of the latter.

2. A welt strip having tongues project ing from one edge thereof gradually decreasing in widthand in thickness toward their free ends and each tongue overlapping the proximate tongues to the free ends of the latter,

3. A welt strip having tongues projecting from one edge thereof, each of said tongues decreasing in width toward its free end and having beveledportions .on opposite faces, parallel with the opposite edges of the tongue and each tongue-overlapping the proximatetongues to the free ends of the latter; 7

near opsaid tongues,

both sides as the i having tongues project- 4. A weltstripI,- -liaving 'overlapping I an oblique angle to the length of the welt and eaph of said tongues being beveled on oppo isarrces parallel with the side edges.

' wide as the outer or free 5. A welt strip having overlapping tongues projecting from one edge thereo each of said tongues having an edge perpendicular to the length of the Welt and an edge at an oblique angle to the length of the welt and each of said tongues being beveled on opposite faces parallel with the side edges, the beveled portions being as edge of the tongue so that the latter has a knife or feather edge.

6. A welt strip having overlapping tongues projecting from one edge thereof, said tongues gradually decreasing in width and in thickness toward their free ends and being separated by V-shaped notches, the

apexes of which are at the bases of the tongues.

7. A welt strip having overlappin tongues projecting from one edge thereo each of said tongues decreasing in width toward its free end and having beveled JOHN G. GERBER.

Witnesses:

HAROLD H. SIMMs, ADA M. WHITMORE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

